Jedidja

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ʒdidʒa/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Jedidja is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • NLNetherlands1 in 21K(measured from records)
  • FIFinland1 in 696K
  • SESweden1 in 1.3M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Netherlands (measured from records)

813 people

Sources
23 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 21K (inferred from the name graph)

Netherlands

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Jedidja counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Jedidja is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NL Netherlands8131 in 21K703Jedidja21
DE Germany≈14 est.≈1 in 5.8M—Jedidja19
US United States≈8 est.≈1 in 41M—Jedidja23
FI Finland81 in 696K35—1
SE Sweden81 in 1.3M8—1
ZA South Africa≈7 est.≈1 in 7.8M—Jedidja7

813 people counted by Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Jedidja is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Congo - Kinshasa, United States, Netherlands

    Also written Jedidjà, Jédidja

  • Portuguese given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, Netherlands

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Jedídja, Jedidjá

17 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1800185019001950Aron Jedidja da Costa, b. 1829Yedidiah Admon, b. 1894Yedidia Shofet, b. 1908Yedidyah Peles, b. 1919Didi Menussi, b. 1928Yedidia Be'eri, b. 1931Yedidia Gafni, b. 1949
  • Aron Jedidja da Costab. 1829NLSurinamese politician
  • Yedidiah Admonb. 1894ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli composer (1894-1982)
  • Yedidia Shofetb. 1908IRnot in their usual nameChief Rabbi of Iran
  • Yedidyah Pelesb. 1919ILnot in their usual nameGerman-born Israeli writer, poet, translator and literary critic
  • Didi Menussib. 1928ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli writer, journalist, poet, lyricist, dramatist, columnist and satirist (1928–2013)
  • Yedidia Be'erib. 1931ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli politician
  • Yedidia Gafnib. 1949ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli botanist

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalBonjour Jedidja,Hi Jedidja, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 7 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Jedidja
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—703#1,636
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—258#4,747
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—110#4,158
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—35#9,873
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—35#9,633
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—23#18,129
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—8#38,422
FI FinlandDVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register)—8—

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Jedidja?
A machine transcription gives /ʒdidʒa/ (IPA) for French.
Is Jedidja a male or female name?
Jedidja is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Jedidja have the most bearers?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 813 people named Jedidja, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jedidja.
Where is Jedidja most common?
Jedidja is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 21 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Jedidja?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 813 people named Jedidja, about 1 in 21 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jedidja”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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